My eyelids are always very purple, and spider veiny, and sometimes, people mistake that for wearing eyeshadow. what is this?

Advise evaluation: Personal diagnosis is not possible in the standard HealthTap site, but is possible in HealthTap Prime. A photograph would be helpful in that case. General info: Reddish or purplish eyelids resembling eyeshadow can sometimes be a sign of dermatomyositis, a condition that warrants evaluation in clinic due to its association in some cases with other diseases, some serious, that can be found/treated.

Simple/complex: it may something as simple as dry (and therefore thin) skin or more complex as a blood vessel anomaly that is forcing too much blood through the eye lid blood vessels